1969 UCLA Bruins football
ConferencePacific-8 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 13
Record8–1–1 (5–1–1 Pac-8)
Head coach
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1969 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 USC $ 6 –0 –010 –0 –1
No. 13 UCLA 5 –1 –18 –1 –1
No. 19 Stanford 5 –1 –17 –2 –1
Oregon State 4 –3 –06 –4 –0
Oregon 2 –3 –05 –5 –1
California 2 –4 –05 –5 –0
Washington 1 –6 –01 –9 –0
Washington State 0 –7 –01 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1969 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as a member of the Pacific-8 Conference during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Tommy Prothro, the Bruins compiled an overall record of 8–1–1 with a mark of 5–1–1 in conference play, tying for second place in the Pac-8. UCLA played home game at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles.

Regular season

This was the year Prothro had geared his recruiting efforts towards as he believed this was his best team and was capable of contending for the national championship. The Bruins, quarterbacked by a sensational Jr. College transfer Dennis Dummit discovered by Prothro, were undefeated until they faced #10 Stanford in Palo Alto. Once again, Prothro was let down by now senior kicker Zenon Andrusyshyn as he missed a short field goal late in the game with the score tied 20–20. Suddenly, two long Jim Plunkett passes had Stanford in field goal range in the final seconds, but UCLA blocked Steve Horowitz's attempt to preserve the tie.

Once again, the UCLA-USC game would decide the Pac-8 title and the 1970 Rose Bowl berth. UCLA was ranked 6th with a 5–0–1 record in conference and 8–0–1 overall USC was #5 and was 6–0 in conference and 8–0–1 overall (tied Notre Dame in South Bend, 14–14); UCLA and USC were both unbeaten coming into their rivalry game for the first time since 1952. UCLA scored midway through the fourth quarter to take a 12–7 lead (knowing he need a win and not a tie to advance to the Rose Bowl, Prothro had the Bruins go for two after each touchdown and each attempt failed). USC then drove to the winning touchdown with 1:38 to play to win 14–12. The Trojans were aided by two controversial calls; the first was a dubious pass interference call on UCLA's Danny Graham on a 4th-and-10 incompletion. Secondly, on the winning touchdown pass reception, USC receiver Sam Dickerson appeared to be either out of bounds, out of the back of the end zone, or both. This loss supposedly was harder for Prothro to take than the 1967 loss and the freak officiating calls resembled the debacle at Tennessee in 1965.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 13Oregon StateNo. 17
W 37–050,091
September 20Pittsburgh*No. 17
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 42–835,258[1]
September 27at Wisconsin*No. 14
W 34–2349,243
October 4at Northwestern*No. 11
W 36–041,015[2]
October 11at Washington StateNo. 11
W 46–1422,100
October 18CaliforniaNo. 8
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)
W 32–038,998[3]
October 25at No. 19 StanfordNo. 6
T 20–2084,000
November 1WashingtonNo. 9
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 57–1434,899
November 15at OregonNo. 7
W 13–1028,500
November 22at No. 5 USCNo. 6
L 12–1490,814
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Game summaries

USC

1 234Total
UCLA 6 006 12
• USC 0 707 14
Scoring summary
1UCLAFarmer 41-yard pass from Jones (pass failed)UCLA 6-0
2USCDavis 13-yard run (Ayala kick)USC 7-6
43:07UCLACooper 7-yard pass from Dummit (pass failed)UCLA 12-7
41:32USCDickerson 32-yard pass from Jones (Ayala kick)USC 14-12

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Roster

References

  1. ↑ Chapin, D (September 21, 1969). "USC edges 'huskers, 31-21; bruins romp again, 42-8". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 156267495. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  2. ↑ Chapin, D. (October 5, 1969). "ozing bruins awaken at half and roll, 36-0". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 156252309. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  3. ↑ Chapin, D. (October 19, 1969). "Bruins' 32-0 avalanche wipes out doubt---and california". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 156308312. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  4. ↑ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com
  5. ↑ "Trojans Topple UCLA". The Palm Beach Post. November 23, 1969.
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